AUSTIN (KXAN)– After Austin Common council accepted some temporary rental policy adjustments previously this year, the city is bringing extra adjustments ahead for a ballot Thursday.
Earlier this year, common council accepted the following:
- Short-term leasings (STRs) will certainly be managed via the city’s organization code as opposed to its land advancement code (that enters into result following month, Oct. 1)
- STR systems are currently called for to gather Resort Tenancy Tax obligation (that entered into result April 1, 2025)
But the common council stressed additional adjustments might be reversed by the state legislature and decided to go over those after the legal session.
Thursday, the body might elect to progress extra adjustments consisting of:
- For any person having greater than one STR, the buildings will certainly require to be at the very least 1,000 feet apart
- For a website with greater than 4 systems, like an apartment building, a proprietor can not utilize greater than 25% of the systems as an STR
- Hosts should obtain a certificate with the city of Austin and host websites should place that permit number in their advertisement
- Those systems will certainly be informed to “de-list” promotions at demand of the city and they can not gather costs from STRs that do not have the suitable city license
You can locate the complete listing of recommended adjustments from city personnel below.
KXAN has actually connected to host websites like Airbnb and VRBO for remark.
